EDWARD, prince of Wales (1453-1471), only son of Henry VI. and Margaret of Anjou (q.v.), was born at West minster on Oct. 13, 1453. The goal of his life was defined by the fact of his being the last representative of the true Lancastrian line, and its course was shaped by the energetic, but not always wise, efforts of his mother to assure his succession to the crown. Edward was virtually debarred from the succession when parlia ment, in 146o, agreed that Richard, duke of York, should succeed on Henry's death. He and his mother figured in at least one celebrated and picturesque adventure, when in 1463 they were lost in a forest and were attacked and robbed by bandits. The bandits quarrelled over the booty, and Margaret appealed to one of them to "save the sone of your king"—which he did. Only an effective alliance with Warwick the King-Maker could have served to bring Edward to the throne, and this was never quite achieved, although the prince took in marriage Warwick's daugh ter Anne Neville, who afterwards married Richard III. Edward met his death either at the battle of Tewkesbury or, according to another account, immediately after the battle and in circum stances that did little credit to the Yorkist victor.